Seth Borenstein wrote an article on December 26th about how
global warming’s effects have been clearly seen especially throughout the year
of 2012. He gives numerous examples of how climate changes have affected the
world and has set new records, everything has gone to the extremes. Borenstein
said how long lasting and widespread droughts have occurred throughout the
United States and how flooding has also devastated many countries around the
world. He said how tornadoes have been occurring more often and temperatures
have skyrocketed. This rise in temperature has caused a large amount of ice to
melt which affects the weather of the entire world. With increase in droughts,
wildfires become prevalent and the combination of all these events collectively
“provides confirmation of precisely what climate scientists predicted would
happen decades ago if we proceeded with business-as-usual fossil fuel burning.”
Borenstein ends his article with a warning: “What we view today as unprecedented extreme weather
will become the new normal in a matter of decades if we proceed with
business-as-usual.”
The purpose of the author in writing this article was to inform his
readers that global warming is a reality and has worsened dramatically and to
persuade those who don’t think it has had any effects on global weather. Seth
Borenstein uses many quotes from many experts in order to persuade his audience
with credible information. He uses a large amount of examples of devastating
climatic events which have occurred around the world to support his ideas as
well. His tone is formal and language is objective, filled with statistics in
order to persuade his readers. With these devices, the author is effective in
presenting his ideas and persuading his audience to recognize the reality of
global warming and its effects around the world.
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